[mass noun]silk fabric that has been subjected to heat and pressure rollers after weaving to give it a rippled appearance 云纹绸
adjective
(of silk) having a rippled, lustrous finish (丝绸)波纹的,云纹的 ■denoting or showing a pattern of irregular wavy lines like that of such silk, produced by the superposition at a slight angle of two sets of closely spaced lines 云纹般的
语源
mid 17th cent.: French moire 'mohair' (the original fabric); the variant moiré 'given a watered appearance' (past participle of moirer, from moire)